Quote Originally Posted by RPGWiZaRD View Post
Why are every1 acting like i5 is a lot slower than i7 when it isn't.

Motherboard features is what will be the biggest difference.
Actually, there IS a difference between i5 and i7. QPI speeds are slower, I believe, and the PCIe controller has been moved off of the NB and onto the CPU package.

When Intel starts releasing the 8-core nehalems they are likely to only appear in i7's LGA1366 format and not i5's LGA775.